From Just Coping to Thriving: Cari’s Naked Life | E755

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Is your way of coping still working for you? Cari grew up in a religious home where alcohol wasn’t a part of her life. In her twenties, she started drinking from time to time because her job was very stressful, and she felt anxious. She wanted to do well at work. Over time, the more she worked, the more she drank. She soon noticed that as she did better at work, she drank more. After losing her mom to cancer, Cari relied on alcohol even more to cope with the loss. It wasn’t until the anniversary of her mom’s death that she realized she needed to make a change. A turning point came when her child questioned her drinking. This led Cari to explore her relationship with alcohol through a year and a half of “sober curiosity.” During this time, she discovered her true passion for life coaching. In this episode, Cari shares her inspiring journey of self-discovery and healing with Annie, and how embracing curiosity helped her create a life filled with peace, joy, and purpose. In this episode, Annie and Cari will discuss: - Growing up in a religious home with no alcohol - Using alcohol to cope with job stress and anxiety - Turning to alcohol for comfort after losing her mom - The impact of alcohol on Cari’s parenting - Key turning points in her alcohol journey - Exploring a “sober-curious” journey - Choosing self-love and healing without alcohol - Resources that helped transform her relationship with alcohol - Finding a new purpose in coaching others - How society normalizes drinking to celebrate turning 21 - The pressure to achieve and its link to drinking - Navigating anxiety with self-acceptance and compassion - How self-judgment fuels alcohol use and slows healing - Understanding how trauma affects the body - Connecting with Cari - Discovering self-worth, peace, and purpose - And other topics… Related Episodes: EP 262: Reader Question – How Do I Deal With Death and Grief Without Alcohol https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-262-reader-question-grief-without-alcohol/ EP 378: Reader Question – Can I Just Take a Break From Alcohol? https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-378-reader-question-can-i-just-take-a-break-from-alcohol/ EP 684: Reader’s Question – Why Does Drinking Alcohol Make Me Anxious? https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-684-readers-question-why-does-drinking-alcohol-make-me-anxious/ Ready to take the next step on your journey? Visit https://learn.thisnakedmind.com/podcast-resources for free resources, programs, and more. Until next week, stay curious!

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0:00.0	You're listening to This Naked Mind with Annie Grace.
0:14.7	Hi, this is Annie Grace, and welcome to This Naked Mind podcast. I'm here with Carrie. Hi, Carrie. How are you?
0:20.5	Hey, Annie. I'm so good.
0:22.8	Thanks for coming on. I really appreciate it. And why don't you take us back to the beginning in your
0:29.0	journey with alcohol? Where did it all start for you? Yeah, thank you so much for having me.
0:33.6	Where did it all start? It all started when I was 21, really. And before that, in my teens and
0:41.7	younger years, I grew up in a really religious home. So alcohol was not present. Alcohol wasn't part
0:48.8	of celebrations. It wasn't part of my life. It wasn't part of weddings or holidays or family events. It was just
0:55.9	non-existent. And so I think that actually had a little bit of curiosity in it for me of what is
1:02.0	alcohol? I've never really been around it. And so when I was 17 years old, you know, a friend handed
1:08.4	me a drink at her house said, here here's a Roman Coke. And so I remember
1:12.0	distinctly taking the Roman Coke and having it be not something that I desired. And I was like,
1:20.9	yeah, I don't know if I really want to do that again. It just didn't taste great. And she was like,
1:25.1	okay, there's no pressure in that area for me. And I just, I'm also a
1:29.4	rule follower. So I just was like, yeah, maybe I'll drink what I'm 21. I don't know. And that then
1:35.5	brought me into college. And again, I was part of a community that really wasn't heavy drinkers.
1:42.8	It wasn't the party crowd that I was hanging out
1:45.1	with, the college experience that you typically hear. That's not really what I had. But I did turn
1:50.4	19 and I had Canadian friends and they were like, let's go to Canada and go to a bar because that was
1:56.0	a legal age. It's different than here in the States. And so we went to Canada. LaBat Blue is what I drank. And it was
2:03.4	disgusting and I got super sick. So did my friends. Because we just weren't in that crowd and we thought,
2:08.8	oh, this is interesting. So this is what it's like. And wasn't very impressed and decided, you know,
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